ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12363752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Key Largo, Florida

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.2 min → 26.4 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 11.6%▲ 3.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.5% → 1.4%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 68.9%▼ 14.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.9% ±3.4 pp
Carpool14.1% ±4.4 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.8 pp
Work from home11.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 6,237 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,026± 887 MOE
Workers age 16+6,237± 769 MOE
Workers with travel time5,516± 711 MOE
Estimated home workers721± 220 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.